Lam plighting device



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C. F. BERGMANN, LAMPLIGHTING DEVICE.

No. 580.j7'57.

Patented A131213, 1897 UWE/WOR ATTORNEYS.

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- UNTTED STATES i PATENT FFICE.

CARL F. BERGMANN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

LAM PLIG HTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 580,757, dated April13, 1897.

Application filed October Z4, 1896. Serial No. 609,907. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL F. BERGMANN, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and ImprovedLamplighting Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to an improved device for lighting lamps that areprovided with wicks, and more particularly for the ignition of the Wicksof bicycle-lamps.

The object of the invention is to provide aV novel-constructedattachment for a bicycle or other lalnp Which will enable the easy andprotected ignition of a match and guide the lighted match into contactwith the free end of the lamp-wick to light it.

The invention essentially consists in the novel construction andcombination of parts, as is hereinafter described, and defined in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis speciiication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a front elevation of a bicyclelamp broken away at one side,showing the application of the novel lighting device th ereto and whichis represented in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thebicycle-lamp, showing an end portion of the lighting device thereon.Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached perspective view of the lamplightingdevice. Fig. 4. is a longitudinal sectional view of the lightingattachment removed from the lamp. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of adetail which is an essential part of the lighting device; and Fig. 6 isa side view of a house-lamp in part, showing the improvement appliedthereto.

Briefly described, the improvement comprises a tubular guide that issecured on a lamp so as to have one endwithin the Wickinclosure, andcontaining an elastic matchscratcher that will by its frictional contactignite the head of a' match that is pushed inwardly through the guideand into contact with the lamp-Wick, or near to the same, and

also completely close the tubular guide when said match is withdrawn.

In the drawings, l0 represents a tubular guide having sufficient lengthto extend y through the side wall of the lamp-case when l the device isapplied 'to a bicycle-lamp A, and have the inner extremity of saidguide-tube located near the wick-tube B and Wick C therein, the outerend of the tube being open for the free insertion of a match, as isindicated at D by dotted lines in Fig. l.- The guidetube 10 ispreferably open-slotted on the upper side for a suitable distanceextending from the end that is Within the lamp when in position forservice.

Within the slot mentioned a gate ll is hung by one end, which is pivotedupon the Wall of the tube l0, as shown in Fig. et, the gate being freeto incline and rest its inner end on a scratch-plate l2. Thescratch-plate consists of a preferably elastic metallic strip, havinghooks a turned upon the ends, said plate having such a length as willpermit the hooked endsto be locked upon the edges of the guidetube atits ends and cause the body of the scratch-plate to arch between itsends.

The adjacent sides of the gate l1 and scratchplate l2 are furnished withteeth b,or are otherwise roughened near their inner ends, and a spring13 is attached by one end upon the guide-tube lO, so as press itsopposite end upon the gate ll and normally hold it inclined.

It will be seen that the relative positions of the spring-pressed gatell and scratchplate l2 Will serve to prevent air from blowing into thelamp through the outer end of the guide-tube, as the gate having contactwith the scratch plate closes the passage until said gate is raisedagainst stress of the spring 13.

It will be apparent that to light the wie C, if the latter is suppliedwith oil, it is only necessary to push a parlor-match D into theguide-tube l0 and thus cause the head of the match to frictionallycontact with the roughened opposite surfaces of the gate ll andscratch-plate l2, which will elfect the ignition of the match, that byfurther insertion will elevate the gate and so nearly approach the Wickas to light' it. Then the match is Withdrawn and the gate llautomatically closes the tube l0 against iniiux of air that would causethe lighted Wick to burn unsteadily.

In Fig. 6 the application of the lighting device to a house-lamp isclearly illustrated, and it Will be seen that a match D may readily beintroduced within the guide-tube lO, and

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after ignition, as has been described, lightthe Wick C within thechimney E of the lamp F.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The combination, With a guide-tube penetrating theWall of a lamp near its burner of a spring-pressed scratching device inthe tube near its inner end, that is adapted to ignite an insertedmatch, and completely close the tube when the match is Withdrawn f andthus prevent air-currents from Haring the flame of the lighted wick,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a guide-tube secured to project through theWall of a bicycle-lamp and have its inner end adjacent to the burner ofsaid lamp, of a match-scratch er in the tube, comprising aspring-pressed gate adapted to vibrate in a slot of the guide-tube andincline therein so as to normally close the tube, and a scratch-plateroughened on the side adjacent to the gate, Whereon the inner end ofsaid gate rests, substantially as described.

3. In a lamplighting device, the combination with a lamp-body, and aWick-tube therein, of a guide-tube slotted on the upper side near itsinner end, and penetrating the lampbody in direction of the Wicl -tube,a gate roughened on its lower side near the inner end, and looselysecured by one end to the guide-tube so as to lie inclined in its slot,a spring fast by one end on the guide-tube and pressing thel gate, and ascratch-plate'secured by its ends Within the guide-tube and having itssurface nearest the gate roughened, substantially as described.

4. In a lamplighting device, the combination, With a lamp-body andWick-tube therein, of a guide-tube slotted near the inner end on oneside and penetrating the body in direction of the wick-tube, a gatehinged by one end to the guide-tube so as to incline Within the tubethrough its slot, a spring fast by one end to the upper side of theguide-tube and pressing the gate, and an arched scratch-plate that iselastic, having hooked ends that engage the ends of the guide-tube, theface of the scratch-plate nearest the hinged gate being roughened,substantially as described.

CARL F. BERGMANN.

`Witnessesz WM. P. PATTON, JNO. M. RITTER.

